Wednesday, March 18, 2009

highlights from LA: particularly great moments

Bree Edwards (Be Johnny) and Roy, Los Angeles in the background

Fat Tuesday dinner at Jenna & Oliver's place (M&A)... with old friends Matt Bakkom and Claire Didier, and new friend Sarah Beetle, who its taken too long to finally meet! Jenna made this awesome gumbo pictured above, and Sarah made the rest of the delicious meal-- some fancy chicken that took a day and a night to cook, only to melt in the mouth like ice cream, but served hot... and an amazing chocolate cake to round it out.

Bree & I went to see Deborah Stratman present her new piece "O'er The Land," along with a couple other short works, at Redcat Theater. This was a real treat! I was at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in experimental film (for a little over a year) when Deborah was there, but I doubt she would remember me. Looking forward to seeing her piece again at the Ann Arbor Film Festival next week!!

Anjali Gupta, Jay, Patricia Olynyk, and Robert Girou... a nightcap at the hotel bar. Awesome to unwind from the week in utter silliness with these great pals.

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Expanded cinema artist Leslie Raymond has worked with the moving image for over 25 years.
For the past decade, Raymond has collaborated with her partner Jason Jay Stevens as Potter-Belmar Labs. The duo's live cinema performances and installation artworks have appeared at such establishments as the Aurora Picture Show (Houston TX), San Antonio Museum of Art (TX), Other Cinema (San Francisco CA), and Squeaky Wheel (Buffalo NY).
Raymond also produces special projects in contemporary expanded cinema practice including the "Digital New School" screening at the 2003 Ann Arbor Film Festival, the "A/V Showdown" live cinema competition at University of Michigan in 2005, and the "Live Cinema Summit" presentations and dialogues at Columbia College, Chicago during the 2010 College Art Association.
Raymond is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Oakland University in the Detroit-area, and is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and the University of Michigan.